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“The purpose of propaganda is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human.” ― Aldous Huxley

“To pause, or not to pause—that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler for the prose to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous ambiguity, Or to take arms against a sea of vagaries And by the Oxford comma, end them.” . . . Happy birthday, William Shakespeare.

It was 7 years ago this week when Indiana Senator Birch Bayh passed away. Senator Bayh wrote Title IX, whose 37 words changed history for girls and women in the U.S. Title IX barred sex discrimination in education and greatly expanded sports programs for women. Thank you, Senator Bayh. Your legacy lives on. 📷: AP

Today's number of the day is 3.14159! Happy #PiDay! 💜🔢

Happy Pi Day! While 3/14 relates to the mathematical constant π -the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter- it's also Albert Einstein's birthday. A memorial to the physicist stands just across Constitution Ave & shows him sitting on an (of course!) circular platform.

@heyitsmeleah Is this related to “overthinking?”

So, *why* does this happen? Buckle up for a sport psychology 🧵 on the Catastrophe Model: When I watched this happen, I thought Ilia was dealing with an acute stress response. I told my pal it looked to me like he lost the ability to connect with his body, as if his brain got...

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This is actually a poem by Hannah Senesh, who was a resistance fighter murdered by the Nazis in 1943

Non-masked MN National Guard are out handing out hot chocolate, coffee and donuts to protesters. One simple act has de-escalated the situation and helped gain the trust of people. See the difference between professional soldiers and the pretend tough guys in CBP and ICE?

@SenatorWarnock Throughout the colonies, slavery was embedded in the economy. This is American history, it’s complicated and messy and not pretty, and we all need to learn it.

They’re trying to erase our history and they’re not even pretending otherwise. x.com/politicsinq/st…

@Mr_Andrew_Fox Please don’t use the word, “incredible,” here, Andrew. You go on to show evidence that these survival rates are real, and therefore credible. They are, as you say, “astonishing,” and wonderful and I thank you for this post

These medical stats from the IDF are incredible, and all thanks to incredible medical innovation. Tell me again that we should boycott the IDF and have nothing to learn from them. The IDF reports that their casualty fatality rate (the percentage of those injured who subsequently die) decreased from 14.3% (2006) to 9.2% (Protective Edge, 2014) to 7.2% (Iron Swords, 2023–2025), while the proportion of survivors with severe injuries (Injury Severity Score above 15) increased from 10.5% to 15.3% to 22.3% over the same period. More soldiers are surviving injuries that would have been fatal in the past. The IDF estimates that 600 soldiers survived injuries in Gaza that would have been fatal in earlier conflicts.   Between 2001 and 2011, 75.7% of IDF deaths were classified as non-survivable injuries, with 24.3% of deaths attributed to “combat reasons” (casualty could not be reached in time) or “potentially survivable” (might survive if the injury occurred right next to high-quality medical care). In Gaza, only 2.5% of deaths were due to combat reasons, 7.56% were potentially survivable, and 89.92% were non-survivable. It cannot be understated that these statistics cumulatively represent an astonishing improvement.

"A good teacher does not teach facts, he or she teaches enthusiasm, open-mindedness and values." - Gian-Carlo Rota

@RudiGeerts The ruins of the crematorium are still there

1/n On October 7, 1944, prisoners assigned to Crematorium IV at the Auschwitz-Birkenau killing center rebel after learning that they were going to be killed. For months, young Jewish women, like Ester Wajcblum, Ala Gärtner, & Regina Safirsztain, had been smuggling small amounts

Not only in physics!

Let's go exploring!

So, a lot of people ask me why I buy so many books. The truth is, I have a genetic disorder where my body doesn’t produce enough books of its own, so I have to supplement.

Merry Christmas and enjoy your Chinese food!

@kershaw_alex @monomoyhistory My father was wounded at the beginning of this battle. After recovering in England he was assigned to a desk job in Paris, where he was on VE. Day. I still have the watch his Swiss coworker gave him on that day

The Battle of the Bulge raged in the Ardennes today in 1944—the deadliest battle of WWII for the US with 19,000 KIA.

A Jewish friend writes. Sums it up perfectly. “I’m glad you’re angry. I’ve had a few people reach out to me in sympathy and sadness, but I want their rage. I should be able to go on the tube without being stalked like a deer, and go to religious festivals without people trying to murder me. Ffs.”

@Mr_Andrew_Fox Yes